...Operator Good afternoon, and welcome to the virtual webcast of the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Lumen Technologies Inc. We do not expect any technical difficulties today. However, in the event for your technical difficulties in the U.S., please call 1 (844) 986-0822 or internationally, please call 1 (303) 562-9302. The polls are open. To vote, click on the vote-here button at the bottom right corner of the webcast screen. The polls will remain open until the conclusion of the matters for shareholder consideration portion of the meeting. I would now like to introduce Lumen's General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Stacey Goff, to make a couple of introductory announcements. Stacey W. Goff ...